Giddeon's 8k Watt 4 Plant MPB

[Giddeon]

PIC 1: Insulated Buckets with a no light to the top cover
PIC 2: Showing my 2 GPH drippers hooked up backwards (the flow is much better for me) see the drops :) There is also a ball valve to help control the top feed flow.
Pic 3: I can almost drink the water coming out of my drain pipe, couple more flushes and it should taste as fresh as when I first put it in the res!!
PIC 4: Not the cleanest wiring job but it works.

 

[mrdizzle]

bad ass brother

 

[mikeross]

looking good bro

 

[Lost]

Sick sick sick!!!

 

[socalsinner]

Looks great! Makes me wanna plug myself right into your power grid....

 

[600gph]

looks great bro, DD does train his branches down thou, to open the plant up, its not a big deal and only take a few seconds a day during veg. he used to not but later he started doing it, as every run with this system you fine tune it one way or another

Funny because I opened mine up like onions my first run and DD told me not too...

Maybe I misunderstood...

Does he ever come around anymore...

mc

 

[jakew215]

he made it in a random thread not of his own

i knew i wasnt crazy! lol. he probably said open up a certain strain and not open up another or something of that sort...

 

[jakew215]

PIC 2:

The clear tube plumbed to the top of the lid...

is this for your air stones? sorry thats probably a stupid question.

 

[JPLord01]

Clean setup bro looks good

 

[mrdizzle]

Hi gb

welcome and congrats on your mpb system. Try and bend all those branches out through the cage and under the rung. really opens up the plant for light penetration and within 3 days it will be filled back up again with new growth/tops.

dds

 

[Giddeon]

The clear tube plumbed to the top of the lid...

is this for your air stones? sorry thats probably a stupid question.

Yeah its the "quick disconnect" for my air supply. Every part of my system quickly comes apart and can be cleaned and quickly put back together.

 

[Giddeon]

Hi gb

welcome and congrats on your mpb system. Try and bend all those branches out through the cage and under the rung. really opens up the plant for light penetration and within 3 days it will be filled back up again with new growth/tops.

dds

Thanks Dizzle!!!

 

[jakew215]

Yeah its the "quick disconnect" for my air supply. Every part of my system quickly comes apart and can be cleaned and quickly put back together.

gotcha, thank you...

the valve you have there for the drippers, can you adjust the flow of the drippers with this valve? or are the actual drippers adjustable? can you put too much load on your pump if the drippers are dripping too slow or does the extra water run back into the res?

sorry for the ninety-nine questions. just trying to wrap my brain around this as much i can. really gonna try not to waste money this time around (famous last words)

oh and what strain do you plan on running? i just scanned through this thread and didnt see it anywhere, sorry if i missed it.

 

[Giddeon]

gotcha, thank you...

the valve you have there for the drippers, can you adjust the flow of the drippers with this valve? or are the actual drippers adjustable? can you put too much load on your pump if the drippers are dripping too slow or does the extra water run back into the res?

sorry for the ninety-nine questions. just trying to wrap my brain around this as much i can. really gonna try not to waste money this time around (famous last words)

oh and what strain do you plan on running? i just scanned through this thread and didnt see it anywhere, sorry if i missed it.

I only have a 633 gph pump running the drip system, not too much pressure build up from that. I know earlier I posted I was going to use a bigger pump but it was too strong. The drippers are 2 GPH drippers installed in reverse and the ball valve controls water flow through the 1/4 inch lines to the drippers.

I will be running ReCon by DNA Genetics for my first go at the buckets. It is the strain I am most familiar with and have grown it into trees many different ways It loves to get big. Once I am comfortable running the MPB I will have 13 Dawgz going in!!

 

[mrdizzle]

If its a stretchy plant I would flip around 2ft-2.5ft, if they are normal would veg them big bro to about 3ftx3ft, about 3 wks in the buckets if you want over to pull some serious weight, You can always tie shit back if it gets over grown but you cant add buds once its flipped

 

[mrdizzle]

ooh shit I forgot you have made bulbs, fuck 40inch bro, then flip

 

[Giddeon]

ooh shit I forgot you have made bulbs, fuck 40inch bro, then flip

I have made bulbs?? explain

 

[mrdizzle]

your running 8,000w on 4 plants, so your have more light to cover a bigger plant, so flip at a larger height because the amount of bulbs you have will still cover and larger tree than a 5x5fter

 

[Giddeon]

your running 8,000w on 4 plants, so your have more light to cover a bigger plant, so flip at a larger height because the amount of bulbs you have will still cover and larger tree than a 5x5fter

Ah got ya. Yeah my plan was to veg in the MPB till the plants were about filling the cages then flip them, should be about 36 to 40 inches tall and roughly 4 foot wide

 

[Giddeon]

Chiller Set Up

Went with my 1/3 HP JBJ chiller for this set up.

Pic 1: Chiller
Pic 2: Lines going out of chiller
Pic 3: Lines coming into res room
Pic 4: Going to and from res
Pic 5: Ball valves again to adjust flow to maximize chiller efficiency.